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Friday, January 27, 2006 12:00 AM

Oprah's revenge

The daytime queen didn't just expose the lies in James Frey's "memoir." She publicly shamed him -- and it was a little creepy.
By Hillary Frey

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  • Thursday, January 26, 2006 09:09 PM

    Flogging is called for

    What Oprah did was 100% correct. Public apology by her and public flogging of that outrageous liar is exactly what was called for.Part of the rot of the culture is the the jokey, ironic semi-acceptance of these frauds by the news and infotainment establishment, such as the reaction to Ashlee Simpson's faking on SNL. This stuff isn't really very funny it's corrupting and only the celebrity culture run amok we have now can tolerate it.

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